Why microdnf fails to install .i686 version of packages while building a container in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ?

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Issue

  • Why microdnf fails to install .i686 version of packages while building a container in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ?
    From a container:
bash-4.2# microdnf install glibc.i686  --enablerepo=rhel-7-server-rpms
Downloading metadata...
Nothing to do.
  • Why microdnf throws a message "nothing to do" even though it fails to install a 32 bit package ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • rhel-atomic container image.
  • microdnf-2-4.el7.x86_64

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